Information on this page was copied from a handwritten book located at the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, and was submitted by the late Janet Derbyshire. In 1855, the Town of North Greenbush contained the then village of Bath (Bath-on-the-Hudson) and the hamlets of Defreestville and Wynantskill.

Columns
1 - Dwellings numbered in the order of visitation
2 - Families numbered in the order of visitation
3 - Name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June was in this family
4 - Age
5 - Sex: m = male, f = female
6 - Color: w = white, b = black, m = mulatto
7 - Relation to head of family
8 - Place of birth, naming what county of this State or in what other State or Foreign country born
9 - Married or Widowed: mar = married, wid = widowed
10 - Years resident in this city or town
11 - Profession, trade or occupation
15 - Citizenship: nv = native, nz = naturalized, al = alien
16 - Persons over 21 years who cannot read and write: cnrw = cannot read and write
18 - Owners of land: ol = owns land
19 - Of what material house is built
20 - Value of house